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The weather is improving here in the Northern Hemisphere, and for us that equates to better skateboarding adventures! We received some road trip inspiration from the crew at Landyachtz Skateboards in the form of Shredding North. This past summer they hit a large portion of the Western U.S. on their skateboards and encountered some pretty rad scenery …

“It was a magical time and magical place! Summer, 1978, and on the road to Cascade Springs, Utah—in the Timpanogas, close to Sundance Ski Resort and the Alpine Scenic Loop drive. My friend, Kenny George, and I discovered this when we were camping out in the Uinta Mountains above Park City, and found this 7 …

When he’s not designing new shapes for Comet Skateboards and Orangatang Wheels, Dustin Hampton is out testing the decks and wheels he’s already helped design! Dustin doesn’t get too much time in front of the camera (he’s usually behind the lens), so we’re pretty fired up to see an “At Home” edit for his stomping ground …

Rayne Longboards did a tour through Mexico on their way to this year’s Monterreal Longboard Festival and, as seen in this teaser for their “All the Pinche Way” video series, somehow managed to achieve a solid balance of skateboarding, bar crawls and shoe chugs! We hereby cast our vote for the Rayne Longboards as 2014’s Multitaskers of …

MuirSkate Longboard Shop‘s 2014 Downhill Disco is a three day downhill skateboarding event that will take place on the weekend of April 11-13. The 2014 Disco is the fifth-annual and is guaranteed to be filled with just as much fun as the rest! The general theme of the event is getting rad on skateboards, which makes it something …

The San Pedro Shred is the only event of its kind to take place in Southern California. San Pedro Shred encompasses all types of skateboarding and also provides a rad setup for local food vendors, musicians, and artists to showcase their creations. This year’s event will feature a selection of rad obstacles for skateboarders of all inclinations …

I’m sorry if you envy my sponsored friends and I for our lifestyle in Southern California: perfect weather, fast mountain runs, fresh gear, waves every day, and heaps of skate events. We have it made, right? Well, the above only paints a partial picture of the actual reality. It may seem like we’re spoiled rotten, but …

There is nothing better than an impromptu session with the homies where ya roll around hitting whatever it is you can find along the way. I’ve been skating in this fashion since the ‘80s and sessions like these are all about vibing off one another—a skater in the pack sees a possibility to get rad …

We don’t even know what we just watched, man. But we’re definitely gonna watch it again. Bruno Sirera does rad stuff on skateboards and PerroPro does rad stuff with a camera and computer. Keep it up, dudes. Props be to Orangatang Wheels for putting (1) this up and (b) up with this. Pro-tip: For maximum wtf, watch full-screen at …

A quick nod on These Wheels‘ Facebook page and a simple logo placed at the end of the edit tells us that our homeskillet Byron Essert will have his own pro model downhill skateboard deck made by Powell-Peralta. Yes, yes, y’all—this is the same Powell-Peralta that made large waves in skateboarding in the late 70’s & early 80’s. …

JSM Network is at it again with the “Jazzercise” series. This episode features Pacific Northwest shredboarder David “Fingerbang” Rudgers! He’s making that large double-kick deck look real fun right about now. And how ’bout that boned-out ollie?! We fully dig it.

The Laguna Seca Invitational is back for 2014, this time with less invitation! Or is it more invitation? Whichever the wording, the registration is OPEN to all at the Laguna Seca Eventbrite page. As we’re typing this out, there are barely more than a dozen entrants. With 64 slots total, this is your chance to get in on …

Have van, will travel. Might as well be the official motto for the crew at MuirSkate Longboard Shop. They’ve got a rad van (a big-ass Mercedes to be specific) and aren’t afraid to put it to good use! They made a trek up to the mountains somewhere in California and documented the weekend as should always …

This shit is mad real, b. The angles, the motion, the sheer dynamism contained herein got us all hyped! Tyler Howell has always been lookin’ good on a skateboard, but this edit from Caliber Truck Co. captures it all quite accurately. Towel, as his closest compañeros call him, is a rad dude off the board, too, so we’re v stoked to see …

My first “close encounter” with Chance Gaul was back in 2012 when he shot me in the back with an Air Soft pistol while I was watering a parched tree near my tent—he was 15 then and mischevious as a hellcat (I’m not sure what a hellcat is exactly, but let’s just agree it’s a mischevious creature!). …

Them Rayne Longboards fellers got themselves a real fancy home-type scenario. So fancy, in fact, it’s got wheels and it takes them wherever they choose to go, sometimes even at a moments notice! From the looks of this here edit, Patrick Switzer, Mischa Chandler, and Ian Russell packed’r up and decided to make the journey to the …

Brian “Chubbs” Cortright has got us feelin’ wet! But, fortunately, it’s just a sympathy wetness ’cause we’re actually warm and cozy indoors making the most of our morning rounds on the internet machine. Not sure how we missed this fun edit by the S-One Helmet gang, but we did. It sat for two weeks on their Vimeo channel without …

Magenta Skateboards is no stranger to the streets and slopes of San Francisco. They, with the help of visual wizard Tengu, have taken it a step further by kicking it off below the surface with a little metroboarding action. Of course, Leo Valls is in this edit as well, throwing out some slides and smacks, but we’re particularly fired up on Carlos …

Vicious Grip got their digi-face a freshy fresh makeover! To celebrate the occasion they’re holding a “Scavenger Hunt“ in which your correct score card will get you entered in to a drawing for a Vicious Swag Pack. We’re not too sure what’ll be in the swag pack, but it’s probably gonna be something soft (a t-shirt, perhaps?), …